Fall is here! With the cooler weather officially here to stay, we are loving keeping our door open during the day and having new friends stop by the office. We have been enjoying way too many treats from Yellow Dog Bread Company and are delighted to watch them become the newest hot spot in town! Thanks to everyone who came out to our First Friday last month. What a huge success! Special thanks to Pie Bird for the delicious food and toWhite Whale for keeping the drinks flowing!
in situ is turning 3!
We can’t believe it has been three years since Matt and Erin started the office! We hope you can make it to the office to help celebrate all of the hard work, wonderful clients, and great relationships made in the past three years. None of it would have happened without your support! Feel free to RSVP here!
Medlin Residence
Our clients approached us to design a four bedroom, four-and-a-half bath house with generous public spaces connected to the outdoors on a very constrained site in the first-ring suburbs of Raleigh. The site is long in the north-south direction, with a steep slope up from the street at the north end. A stream cuts across the north end near the street, and the associated buffer prevents construction on the northern half of the property. The extreme topography of the south end of the site prevents the house from being too far back on the property. Our design response is a compact L-shaped scheme that creates a courtyard between the house and hillside. Because of the tight footprint, not all public spaces are able to fit on the ground level. Therefore, we have located an informal den space on the upper level, and a stair connecting the living room to this den dominates the expression of the front elevation. Find out more here!
Trull Residence
The Trulls found an amazing lot in an existing neighborhood, with a view to a pond through a beautiful buffer of trees. In working with us, their goal is to design a modern home that clearly separates public from private, is universally accessible, provides views to the pond, and is situated around a courtyard such that public and private spaces can enjoy views into it. We met Michael and Sandy through the AIA Triangle Tour of Residential Architecture last year, which is a testament to the success of the tour for both architects and clients! For more information on this year’s upcoming tour on October 6th, click here.
Virginia Tech
Last month Erin and Matt were invited to be the featured IDEAS speakers in the Interior Design Program at theVirginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies. The IDEAS forum provides an opportunity for students to meet in a small group with accomplished designers in the region. Visiting designers are also asked to present their work in a larger lecture format and serve as jurors on afternoon reviews. Erin and Matt had great time chatting with students about the process of starting a firm, presented their lecture, “Clean Slate,” and critiqued work in Professor Matt Wagner‘s second-year studio. They also had the opportunity to tour the most recent Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon design and see a nearly completed building on campus designed bySnøhetta.
in situ studio & the College of Design
Lots of good work coming out of the NCSU architecture studios! Oz and Matt are busy teaching three days a week this semester. Matt’s students have been building precedent models of famous buildings, including theNew Museum and Wyly Theater. The studio Oz is working with just took a trip to Charletson, SC to visit the site they have been studying. They made quick stops to a few WG Clark‘s projects, including the Mepkin Abbey and the Middleton Inn. Both are truly fantastic projects!
Residual Raleigh
Residual Raleigh now has a Facebook page! We continue to discuss and instigate conversation of how to use the 100 acres of unused or underutilized space in downtown Raleigh. We are excited that Catherine Hoffman has joined in situ studio and Brett Hautop of Gensler and truly has taken the reigns this past month. We’ve already had lots of interest through our many social media outlets. Stay tuned for more or check out our page to see how you can get involved!
Book of the Month
September’s book of the month is VJAA: Vincent James Associates Architects, which highlights the work of this thoughtful, Minneapolis-based firm, selected for the 2012 AIA Architecture Firm Award. VJAA’s buildings are graceful pairings of simple forms with the rich materials of their sites. Our selection of this book was spurned by our admiration and study of their Dayton House, a quiet, disciplined structure that frames interior rooms and outdoor gardens as natural extensions of each other.
Detail of the Month
Please contact us if there is any way we can help you. Can’t wait to see you on October 17!
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in situ studio
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www.insitustudio.us
